ADDITIONAL affordable homes have been delivered to the Vale of Glamorgan as the Welsh Government exceeds its target with a year to go.

A total of 2,702 additional affordable homes have been delivered in a number of areas, which includes the Vale of Glamorgan, since April 2011.

The Vale of Glamorgan received 169 homes in 2014-15 and 343 have been delivered since 2011.

Latest figures reveal the Welsh Government has already achieved 91 per cent of its target of 10,000 additional affordable homes across Wales.

Welsh Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) delivered 89 per cent of the additional affordable housing in 2014/15 (1,971 units), while 563 of the homes were delivered on land made available by the public sector.

The Welsh Government is investing over £400 million through the Social Housing Grant (SHG) programme during this Assembly term to increase the supply of affordable housing and support the Welsh economy through the creation of construction jobs and apprenticeships.

The Welsh Government is committed to increasing housing supply across all tenures, and recently signed a pact with the Home Builders Federation to increase the availability of market housing in Wales.

Figures released in September revealed a continuing positive trend in house building in Wales, with 6,955 new homes started during 2014-15 – a 20 per cent increase on the previous year and the highest number recorded since 2007-08.